In 1866, Congress approved legislation creating six all African-American Army regiments: two cavalry (the 9th and 10th) and four infantry (the 38th, 39th, 40th and 41st). These units represented the first African-American professional soldiers in a peace-time army. Some of the recruits for the new units were formerly slaves. Many others served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Another reorganization of the Army a short time later led to the merger of the four infantry regiments into two units: the 24th and 25th.

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Katherine Gotthardt, M.Ed., writing concentration, has been writing, editing and teaching for more than twenty years. She considers herself a writer by nature and by trade, having begun writing for fun as soon as her mother helped teach her to read.
While Katherine's first love is poetry, she also holds an interest in writing articles, columns and short fiction. Besides being published in dozens of print and online journals and newspapers, she has authored four books: Poems from the Battlefield, Furbily-Furld Takes on the World, Approaching Felonias Park , Weaker Than Water and Bury Me Under a Lilac. On Facebook, she is dabbling in short pieces that she calls her "social experiment," #KatherinesCoffeehouse. Some of the coffeehouse series appears on this site as well. Katherine has twice been nominated for Poet Laureate of Prince William County.
In her "other" life, Katherine is CEO of ATW- All Things Writing, focusing on content development and content marketing for small to mid-size businesses, writing and disseminating material to increase client visibility while supporting their brand. Her company has been nominated for two Prince William Chamber of Commerce business awards.
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